Manchester Raspberry Jam

Jam 16 Photos – from Olly Clark

Some more photos from November’s Jam – from supporter and AV Team member Olly Clark.

Continue reading » Ben’s Last Manchester Raspberry Jam (flickr.com)

Welcome Ben – by Liz Upton

Our Founder, Ben Nuttall, recently moved to Cambridge to begin working at the Raspberry Pi Foundation. He’ll be doing web development work and some outreach – including education, workshops, talks and projects.

We’re welcoming a new member to the team at Pi Towers today. Some of you already know Ben Nuttall from his work on the Pi Weekly email newsletter (if you haven’t signed up already, you should), his hosting of the Manchester Jams, and his STEM activities.

Continue reading » Welcome Ben! (raspberrypi.org)

Alan O’Donohoe’s Podcast from MGG Kano Workshop

Here’s a podcast from Alan O’Donahoe at the Manchester Girl Geeks Kano Workshop, where he interviews the Girl Geeks’ organiser Katie Steckles, our founder Ben Nuttall, Mathew Keegan from Kano, and others.

From Audioboo » Teach GCSE Computing 22Nov13 with @mcrgirlgeeks and @teamkano (audioboo.fm)

Fruitful Jam – by Hamish Cunningham

Here’s a blog post from Jam attendee Hamish Cunningham from the University of Sheffield Computer Science department on his experience at Manchester Raspberry Jam XVI:

I learned a lot, and it was great to meet most of the Pi foundation people for the first time.

Two things in particular stood out for me, one about how to work with schools and one about the mobile hot-swap UPS battery gizmo that we’ve been building (and which I demo’d in various applications at the Jam).

Continue reading » Fruitful Jam (pi.gate.ac.uk)

T’ North – by Charlotte Godley

Charlotte Godley’s write-up of the big Manchester Jam:

Unlike normal Mancunian Jams, this one included talks from several different people who write and create things using the pi, including a Q&A with Liz and Eben Upton, as well as Clive Beale, the education manager for the Foundation. Personally I signed up for doing two: one on GPIO, which I pretty much always do, and another on the Adafruit WebIDE. Heh. Both went wrong

Continue reading » T’ North! : Manchester Raspberry Jam (charlottegodley.co.uk)

Manchester Raspberry Jam XVI Photos – by Jim Hobbs

Some photos from our sixteenth Jam – by Jim Hobbs:

See the full album » Manchester Raspberry Jam (Sat 16th Nov 2013) (hobbsy.com)

Manchester Raspberry Jam XVI Photos – by Tony Hughes

Some photos from our sixteenth Jam – by Tony Hughes from the Blackpool Linux User Group and Oggcamp crew:

See the full album » Manchester Raspberry Jam 16/11/2013 (flickr.com)

Two Million Raspberry Pis Sold – Announcement at Manchester Raspberry Jam

Yesterday at the sixteenth Manchester Raspberry Jam, Liz and Eben of the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced that they have now sold 2 million Raspberry Pis.

Here’s some breaking news from the Manchester Raspberry Jam: Eben Upton, head of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, just revealed that as of the end of October, there are now two million Raspberry Pis out in the wild. In early 2013, the Raspberry Pi foundation sold its millionth unit through its official distributors and early last month they hit 1.75 million. Watch the video above (around the 26 minute mark) for the unofficial announcement and keep an eye out for more details to be announced on Monday. The announcement came during a question and answer session during the jam.

Continue reading and watch the video » Two Million Raspberry Pis in the Wild (makezine.com)

Video From Manchester Raspberry Jam XVI

Here’s a video taken by Alan O’Donahoe at yesterday’s Manchester Raspberry Jam XVI, featuring a panel discussion with Liz & Eben Upton and Clive Beale from the Raspberry Pi Foundation, plus other presentations and demos.

Continue reading and watch the video » Two Million Raspberry Pis in the Wild (makezine.com)

Pi Weekly – MVP, Evolution and My Dream Job – by Ben Nuttall

Here’s a post from our founder Ben Nuttall, about the story of setting up his Raspberry Pi email newsletter Pi Weekly:

Pi Weekly is an email newsletter I run with fellow Raspberry Pi enthusiast Ryan Walmsley. Recently it occurred to me recently that for such a small project, it’s evolved a lot since we launched – and that it’s quite impressive that we launched it so soon after the idea came about, and how it landed me my dream job.

Continue reading » Pi Weekly – MVP, Evolution and My Dream Job (bennuttall.com)